In this article you will first find the definitions and symptomes of depression and anxiety, then the experience with herbalism of Jenaka, a native American, will help you to understand what to do. … Read more
Countryside Bench (Mastaba/Dika) Bench/ Sofa (Mastaba/Dikah/Kanabah) outside countryside houses
In many traditional houses in the Egyptian countryside you can find a sofa next to the entrance door of the house. This sofa is either wooden or built with bricks or mud. The owner of the house places traditional rugs on this sofa. Its called in the Egyptian slang dika/ mastaba/ kanabah. People relax on this sofa. It is usually men who sit there. It is possible to find the owner of the house sitting chatting with his sons, relatives or neighbors. Being outside of the house, the dika also … Read more
Tagine Earthenware Pot A valuable multi-purpose cooking pot
Tagine is a historically Berber dish from North Africa that is named after the special earthenware pot in which it is cooked. A similar dish, known as Tavvas, is found in the cuisine of Cyprus. The traditional Tagine pot is formed entirely of a heavy clay, which is sometimes painted or glazed. The Tagine is used to bake staple bread. Each and every Algerian family has a Tagine, usually bought from rural villages where old women prepare them from clay and sell them. Tagines are also used and made … Read more
Climate Mitigation Reducing emissions and stabilizing the climate.
Climate change mitigation involves actions that limit the magnitude and/or rate of long-term climate change. Climate change mitigation generally involves reductions in human (anthropogenic) emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs). Mitigation may also be achieved by increasing the capacity of carbon sinks, e.g., through reforestation. By contrast, adaptations to climate change are actions taken to manage the eventual (or unavoidable) impacts of global warming, e.g., by building dikes in response to … Read more
Tamena Healthy Algerian roasted semolina
Tamena is a very famous Algerian pastry, traditionally served at the time of birth, when a new baby is born. It is a paste of roasted semolina (milled wheat), golden but not brown, honey and melted butter. Tamena is an important cultural gift that every family serves to people who come to congratulate the new born baby. In rural villages in Algeria, it is prepared and placed into pots and sold locally. Sales increase the local economy and can also be exported to other regional places. but it is … Read more
Olive Picking as Community Activity Olive picking: connecting friends and family and strengthening bonds between people
As the olive harvest requires a tedious picking process, families in Palestine collectively work on their relatives land. During the short picking season, young and older members of extended families and friends join forces to speed up the process of olive picking and packing. A healthy and abundant olive tree will require a minimum of two days of work to pick, sort and pack in big cloth bags. The yield from olive trees is extremely important to the livelihoods of families and thus olive trees … Read more
Social Entrepreneurship Change makers
Social entrepreneurship is about recognising social problems and achieving social change by employing entrepreneurial principles, processes and operations. It is about investigating and defining a particular social problem and then organizing, creating and managing a social venture to attain the desired change. The change may or may not include a thorough elimination of a social problem. It may be a lifetime process focusing on the improvement of the existing circumstances. While general and … Read more
South Moroccan Natural Remedies Utilising the traditional benefits of herbs.
To treat colds, apply olive oil all over the chest and back, drink honey with heated lemon, or insert Fliou plant inside the nostrils and the ears. One can also create an infusion of mint and Fliou. … Read more
Conflict Resolution in Women Co-operatives Resolving conflicts through the use of the 'Coaching Principle'
Argan co-operatives are preparing communication workshops for women, and coaching them to be open to seeing the other person's point of view as an effective means for the resolution of conflict. … Read more
Women’s Education for Empowerment Literacy classes for self-empowerment of women
Volunteers are appointed to teach basic Arabic and maths to women on their day off. … Read more
